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face_women.gif A male face that is shaped by nude women.
Number of ratings : 190.
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Calvary - Octavio OcampoRating

Calvary You can see Jesus' crucifixion written all over His face.
Number of ratings : 103.
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The Image Disappears - Salvador DalíRating

The Image Disappears A somewhat mysterious picture of a bearded man (Dali himself ?) and, on closer sight, a scene with a woman. Dali's moustache is her arm, his eye is her head and his beard is her skirt.
Number of ratings : 97.
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Forever always, Solo para siempre - Octavio OcampoRating

Forever always A portrait of an older couple looking at each other, also showing a scene from their life. Notice how the middle part of the picture shows a golden cup, a little like Rubin's vase.
Number of ratings : 43.
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Gala looking into the Mediterranean Sea - Salvador DalíRating

Gala looking into the Mediterranean Sea You already recognize the picture of Abraham Lincoln. In fact it is also a portrait of Dali's wife Gala. The people looking at the painting in the museum have to take several meters of distance to distinguish Lincoln.
Number of ratings : 82.
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Visions of Quixote, Las visiones de Quijote - Octavio OcampoRating

Visions of Quixote A man with a dreamy expression on his face transforms into Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Spanish countryside.
Number of ratings : 80.
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Palm Sunday - Octavio OcampoRating

Palm Sunday Jesus' entry in Jerusalem shows His own face.
Number of ratings : 40.
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Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment - Salvador DalíRating

Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment The face of Mae West, which on closer sight appears to be a room. Her eyes are paintings and her hair are curtains on the sides. Her mouth is a couch.
Number of ratings : 65.
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The Generals Family - Octavio OcampoRating

The General's Family You will often encounter this image on the internet; few people know who made it. In the portrait of the general you can find his family. There are nine faces in this picture !
Number of ratings : 48.
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Soldier or bending man - Rating

Soldier or bending man
Number of ratings : 45.
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Einstein - Sandro Del-PreteRating

Einstein If you look carefully at the face of Einstein, you will see three nude Graces.
Number of ratings : 44.
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Sara Nader - Roger ShepardRating

Sara Nader This is the face of a woman with the left half of her face in shadow, and a sax player in black, seen in profile.
Derived : Sax player explanation
Number of ratings : 34.
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St. George the dragon slayer - Sandro Del-PreteRating

St. George the dragon slayer Not only is this a portrait of St. George, when you look at his face you can see the scene where he is fighting the dragon. Nice to know : the image is recursive. The face of St. George on his horse is again a picture of the fight.
Number of ratings : 32.
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My wife and my mother-in-law - W.E. HillRating

My wife and my mother-in-law The often-imitated original, the mother-in-law is looking to the left. Her mouth is the wife's necklace, her eye is the wife's ear. The wife is facing away from you to the left. Her nose seems to be a wart on the mother-in-law's nose.
Derived : My wife and my mother-in-law (color) :: Anchor Buggy Co.
Number of ratings : 30.
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My wife and my mother-in-law (color) - Rating

My wife and my mother-in-law (color) Modern colored version of W.E. Hill's original.
Original : My wife and my mother-in-law
Related : Anchor Buggy Co.
Number of ratings : 30.
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The kiss, Le baiser - Rating

The kiss This picture shows an old man when seen as a whole, but a kissing couple when you look at the details.
Number of ratings : 28.
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In the Eye of the Artist: Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci - Sandro Del-PreteRating

In the Eye of the Artist: Leonardo da Vinci When you look at the painting that Da Vinci is creating, you see that it is very similar to the artist himself. At first sight you might think that there are two portraits of Da Vinci.
Number of ratings : 23.
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Dolphin Bath - Sandro Del-PreteRating

Dolphin Bath The woman seems to be naked, but you can see in the mirror that she isn't. It's just a towel with a few dolphins on it !
Number of ratings : 22.
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Mother, Father and Daughter - G.H. FischerRating

Mother, Father and Daughter The entire family ! Daughter looking back, mother looking down to the left, father looking to the right. The daughter's chin is the mother's nose.
Number of ratings : 20.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1968
Gossip, and Satan came also - George A. WotherspoonRating

Gossip, and Satan came also Two gossiping women look like the face of Satan from a distance. Many people ask where they can buy this print so here it is : www.sandlotscience.com.
Sites : SandlotScience
Number of ratings : 18.
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T. Elder Hearn, Illusionist - Rating

T. Elder Hearn, Illusionist A British promotional card for an illusionist.
Number of ratings : 18.
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Spirit of the woods, Berggeist - Sandro Del-PreteRating

Spirit of the woods A bearded man and a scene in the mountains.
Number of ratings : 17.
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Celestial bodies, Cuerpos Celestes - Octavio OcampoRating

Celestial bodies The figure is composed of angels, playing with the planets as if they were balls.
Number of ratings : 16.
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Marlene Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich - Octavio OcampoRating

Marlene Dietrich When you look at this portrait you will see Marlene Dietrich in front of a window, wearing a boa, next to a mirror.
Number of ratings : 16.
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Lupe Velez, Lupe Velez - Octavio OcampoRating

Lupe Velez On closer inspection the face of the woman is three people in front of the illuminated wall of a house. Her chin and nose is a woman in a white dress, on the left and the right of her are two men. Her eyebrows are formed by their hats.
Number of ratings : 16.
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Lady in Field of Lilies - Octavio OcampoRating

Lady in Field of Lilies The flowers show a woman's face.
Number of ratings : 16.
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The boys from Syracuse - Al HirshfeldRating

The boys from Syracuse This is a drawing for the musical. Look at the faces : there is only one face drawn, but it acts as the face of both boys.
Number of ratings : 14.
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Man or mermaid ? - Rating

Man or mermaid ? A bearded man looking to the right, and a mermaid at the bottom of the sea.
Number of ratings : 13.
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Anchor Buggy Co. - Rating

Anchor Buggy Co. A commercial for buggies, one of the oldest versions of the wife / mother-in-law theme. "You see my wife but where is my mother-in-law ? Find both on this side."
Original : My wife and my mother-in-law
Related : My wife and my mother-in-law (color)
Number of ratings : 11.
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girl_mirror.gif A girl in front of a mirror ; when the picture becomes blurred it seems that there is a face coming out of the mirror.
Number of ratings : 28.
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Mona Lisas chair - Octavio OcampoRating

Mona Lisa's chair Ocampo at his best with his adaptation of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. You'll have to look closely to see that her hands are rabbits, her neck is a cat on a chair, . . .
Number of ratings : 25.
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Satyr ?, Satyr ? - Rating

Satyr ? Three nude women form a face looking to the left.
Number of ratings : 21.
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The kiss . . . and its consequences - Rating

The kiss . . . and it's consequences This image shows a couple kissing, and when looking at it differently, the resulting child. (I must have missed something in biology class).
Number of ratings : 21.
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Jane Fonda - Octavio OcampoRating

Jane Fonda A mass of people (waiting for Jane ?) with white banners spread through the crowds.
Number of ratings : 18.
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Man, or woman with child - Rating

Man, or woman with child This is a man looking to the left, or a woman with a child in her arms looking to the right.
Number of ratings : 18.
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My husband and my father-in-law - Jack BotwinickRating

My husband and my father-in-law Botwinick made this variant a few years after Hills original, my wife and my mother-in-law..
Number of ratings : 17.
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Indian or Eskimo - Rating

Indian or Eskimo The face of an Indian Chief looking to the left, and an Eskimo looking to the right, facing away from you.
Number of ratings : 16.
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Cover of 'Match' magazine - Salvador DalíRating

Cover of 'Match' magazine Apparition of a War Scene on the Face of Lieutenant Deschanel. Cover of 'Match' magazine.
Number of ratings : 13.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1939
5 Heads, 10 Bodies - Rating

5 Heads, 10 Bodies Japanese woodblock print. You can count five heads, but ten bodies ! It was a kind of contest between Japanese artists of that time to make figures like these. The more bodies were used, the more the artist was admired for his skills.
Number of ratings : 10.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1850
Napoleon I, Napoleon I - Rating

Napoleon I This French postcard shows Napoleon, and when you look at his face you can see it is formed by a battle scene.
Number of ratings : 8.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1905
A man of many faces - Rating

A man of many faces Japanese woodblock print.
Number of ratings : 7.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1860
 
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